Depression/Anxiety: Brain Imbalance
June 9, 2020
Depression and anxiety are common threads among our culture these days. Our current medical model of treatment consists of pharmaceuticals to balance neurotransmitter levels. Yet, they often create other, more harmful symptoms than depression or anxiety. I guess the question I would ask, is it worth it? Much of neurology is now considering inflammatory...
Why is Portland Chiropractic Neurology Different: An emerging paradigm in healthcare
June 8, 2020
We are a large team that has a wide array of knowledge within chiropractic, neurology, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, nutrition, physical therapy, and rehabilitation. This allows us to provide better care for our patients as we work as a team to understand the proper diagnosis and treatment for your particular complaint. We are one of the few practices in New...
Chiropractic Neurology: A multi-modal approach
June 5, 2020
When we look at the human body, we are not looking at only one system, but of multiple systems that work in cooperation to create normal function. In turn, one of the most common mistakes in healthcare is to compartmentalize conditions, looking at them segmentally, instead of analyzing all the potential causes. Chiropractic Neurology utilizes...
Chiropractic in Pregnancy: The Webster Technique
June 5, 2020
Chiropractic in Pregnancy: The Webster Technique
Nothing causes a life change quite like a pregnancy. Making sure the physical needs of the baby will be met with all of the newborn supplies, clothing and furniture. Rearranging schedules to be sure the baby is cared for at all times. Baby-proofing the house to keep the newest addition safe...
Center of Pressure: What this means to posture, joint and spinal pain
June 4, 2020
If I drew a line right down the center of you, it should land in between your ankles. If I looked at you from the side, I should be able to draw a line from your ear and connect it straight down to your shoulder, then hip and finally your ankle. This is perfect center of pressure.
Now, if you think about this from an engineering perspective, it allows...
Bilateral Arm Tingling: The Upper Thoracic Component
June 4, 2020
We see a tremendous amount of patients who have upper extremity tingling, pain or numbness. This may originate from a cervical root impingement related to disc herniation or bulge, hypertonicity or spasming of muscles in the scapular (shoulder blade)/rotator cuff region with associated costovertebral (rib/spine articulation) joint fixation. These are all...
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy enhances multitasking ability
June 4, 2020
The brain is the body's largest consumer of oxygen, utlizing roughly 20% of the total oxygen and consuming 25-30% of total glucose (1). Even though <10% of the brain's maximal capacity is active at any given time, the brain utilizes almost all delivered oxygen (2). In order to perform different tasks or more than one task at a time (multitasking), the...
Are Posture and Biomechanical issues causing your pain?
June 4, 2020
Is shoveling really what’s causing your injuries? Or are there other underlying mechanisms that may be contributing to your discomfort? Why is it that some people end up in crippling pain from a night of shoveling and some walk away with a little muscle soreness from the great workout they got?
Underlying postural and biomechanical issues can cause...
If you've noticed a recent increase in your migraine frequency or severity, it may be due to allergies
June 3, 2020
If you have migraines you may have recently noticed an increase in your migraine headaches. We've been treating migraines at our clinic, Portland Chiropractic Neurology for over twelve years as Chiropractic Neurologists. We have specialized training in migraine care, concussion and vestibular rehabilitation and every year we notice mild-moderate increases...
A simple way to understand how mild Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy heals injured tissue
June 3, 2020
Under Hyperbaric Therapy (HBO2), Oxygen, which is a much smaller molecule than a Red Blood Cell (RBC), is pulled from the larger RBC, which is carrying the oxygen molecules to tissues via hemoglobin. RBC's are the vehicle transport for all oxygen within our body. After extraction, it is now concentrated within the surrounding plasma. This allows the smaller...